Hat-pouncing machine.



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I HAT'POUNCING MACHINE. APPLICATION HLED JUNE 2B, 191! Patented May 18,1915.

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Patented May 18, 1915.

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HAT-POUNGING MACHINE.

Be it known that I, ARNOLD TURNER, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and resident ofDanbury, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHat-Pouncing Machines, of which the following is a: specification.

.My invention relates to new and useful improvements in hat machines andparticularly to hat crown pouncers, so called, and it especially refersto improvements on that particulartype of machine shown and described inU. S. patents to Clark, #602,977 and 602,978.

The object of the invention is to generally improve upon theconstruction of pouncing machines of the above class, and particularlyto provide a machine which will produce an improved quality of work,will be more stable and durable, will pounce a large variety of stylesof hats, and especially to include means in the construction of themachine whereby it will travel: over the square of a hat uniformly andsatisfactorily, and particularly to provide means for avoiding anypossibility ofcutting or marking the squaresof the hat body as thepouncer runs from the side over upon the top of the crown, and finallyto provide means for pouncing the hat bodies more upon the sides thanupon the tops in order to produce a uniform finish.

With these and other objects in view the invention resides and consistsin the construction and arrangement of parts herein after fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying five sheets of drawings, andpointed out in the claims'hereto appended, it being understood thatvarious changes in the form, proportion, size and minor de-:

tails of construction within the scope of the claims may be resorted towithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

Similar characters of reference denote like parts throughout theseveralfigures of the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification, and upon which,

Figure 1, shows a side view of my improved hat crown pouncing machinecomplete. Fig. 2, is a detail sectional plan view of a locking device asseen from line 00 Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a central vertical longitudinalsectional view through the body of the machine when in position shown inFig. 1 and taken on line 3 of Fig. 5. Fig. 4, is a de Specification ofLetters Patent.

locking the said arrnto certain mechanism within the base of themachine. Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view of the detachablechangeable speed gears shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 shows a detached sideview of the gear 35 and its shaft shown in Fig. 7 Fig. 8, is an oppositeside elevation fromthat shown in Fig. 1 and with the pouncing'pad IPatented May 18, 1915. Application filed June 28, 1911. Serial No.635,771. I

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in the act of operating uponthe top of a crown of a hat body. Fig. 9, isa central vertical sectional view through the spring.

case showing the spring and connected parts for holding the poun'cingpad againstthe hat body. Fig. 10, shows a sectional plan view of thebase of the machine toillustrate the gears and variable frictiondrivemechanism, and, Fig.11, shows a sectional side view of the base,showing gears, worms'and friction driving wheels, illustrated in thepreceding figure."

This invention referst'o that: class of pouncing machines whichincludesa "recipe rocating pouncer'pad and a horizontally arranged latheand hat block that are moved with respect to the pad during thepoun'cing operation. 6 I Y j I f The machine is designed so thatthepounc ing pad will operate faster uponjthe side and ends of the hatcrownthan upon the top and is further arrangedso thatthe said pouncer willdwell longer upon the sides and ends of the hat crown while'operating atthe faster speed, than it does lupon the-Z top, so that a'greateramount-of work will be doneupon said side portion of-the hat than uponits crown, as is required in order to produce a uniformly finished hat.

Referring in detail .to the characters of V reference marked-upon thedrawings 10 indicates thebase of the frame of the machine and upon whichall .of the parts-are mounted. This base is in the'form'of an uprighthollow casting that serves to inclose I a portion of the mechanism whilethe re- I maining, parts are mountedupon the out- 1 side. p

The main shaft 11 is driven through a tight and loose belt pulleycarried upon its outer end portion, and is thus adapted to be operatedfrom either an overhead or under floor driving shaft. Upon this mainshaft is mounted a large beveled gear 12 a sprocket Wheel 13, and afriction driving wheel 14. The friction wheel is slidably mounted uponsaid shaft and is keyed to a rod a slidably mounted within the shaft andadapted to be moved forward and backward therein to move the frictiondriving Wheel with relation to the driven disk 6 and whereby the speedof the latter may be changed. Upon the outer end of this rod is mounteda rack 0 that meshes with a gear (Z upon the inner end of a cross shaft6 journaled in a bracket 7 secured to the side of the base, and providedwith a sprocket 9 upon its outer end. This sprocket in turn is connectedby a sprocket chain it with a second sprocket i in mesh with the topgear 746 and mounted upon a stud 76 secured to the upper portion of saidbase. Said gear 74 is engaged and operated by a rack 74 fast to thelathe arm 26, as will later be referred to. and for the purpose ofsliding the rod a and its friction wheel in and out with relation to thelarger driven disk, to change the speed thereof. The driven disk ismounted upon a stud Z secured to a cross brace m made fast to the baseand has a beveled gear a secured to its top side so as to be driventherewith. This bevel gear in turn meshes with and drives a gear 0secured to one end of a short shaft mounted in a bracket 79 attached tothe inside of the base. Upon the outer end of this short shaft ismounted a spiral gear 9 that meshes with and drives a spiral gear a:secured to a shaft 9" mounted in a bracket also made fast to the insideof the base. The shaft 1" carries a spur gear 6 upon its outer end thatis connected by an idler u with a second spur gear 4) upon a furthershaft w also mounted in the before mentioned bracket 8. The shaft to isprovided with a worm that meshes with and drives a worm gear 15 mountedupon the lower end of a vertical shaft 16, and to the upper end of whichis secured a gear 17 for driving a double pinion 18. This double pinion18 in turn is connected through speed changing devices to rotate thelathe carrying the hat block 19 as will later be described.

Upon the lower end portion of the vertical shaft 16 is also mounted agear 20 to which a hollow shaft 21 is connected. To the upper end ofthis hollow shaft 21 is fastened a ratchet wheel 22 through which thelathe arm is moved forward during the pouncing operation.

A stationary gear 23 is secured to the base by means of a screw 2-fandhas one less tooth in it than the lower gear 20, the effect of which isto turn the gear 20 and its hollow shaft the distance of but one toothwith each operation of the shaft 16 when connected and operated as shownthrough the stud gear 25 carried upon an arm of worm gear 15.

The object of this construction is obviously to feed the lathe armaround slowly, compared with the speed with which the lathe and pouncerare operated.

26 represents the lathe arm which as will be noted includes a dependingcylindrical portion 27 that is fitted into a central vertical bore ofthe frame to form a pivot for the arm to swing upon. This arm like themain frame comprises a hollow casting in which the lathe operatingconnections are carried. The lathe which is arranged horizontally isdesigned to be rotated at three different speeds a slow, afast and anintermittent speed. The slow speed is that which is used in the regularpouncing operations, the fast speed is desired when finishing the hat byhand and greasing same, and the intermittent movement which is also slowcomparatively, is obtained through elliptical gear connections andobviously imparts a fast and slow movement to the shaft with eachrotation, so that the ends of the hat body will be passed over quicklywith the pouncer, while the said pouncer pad will be permitted to dwellsomewhat longer upon the sides where a greater amount of work isrequired.

Within the arm 26 is secured a bracket 28 forming bearings for an uppershaft 29 and a lower shaft 30.

A beveled pinion 31 mounted upon the lower shaft 30 is connected withand operated by the before mentioned pinion 18 so as to drive the saidshafts continuously. To this upper shaft is keyed an elliptical gear 32which meshes with a second elliptical gear 37 loosely mounted upon thelower shaft 30.

Upon the outer end of this shaft 30 is splined a slip gear 33 which isprovided with clutch pins 34 to engage holes in the side of the beforementioned elliptical gear 37 at such times as when the slip gear isshoved in toward the said elliptical gear and for the purpose of forminga driving connection between the shafts 30 and the said elliptical gear,so as to drive the upper shaft 29 and the lathe through said ellipticalgear connections, for the purpose of obtaining the fast and slowmovement of the lathe.

The slip gear 33 meshes with a gear 35 upon the upper shaft 29 and isoperatively connected therewith through the medium of a spring .36 oneend of which is secured to the said gear 35 and the other to a collar ofits shaft 29. The gear 35 is further provided with a recess in whichoperates a pin 35 secured to the shaft 29 and whereby the amount ofindependent movement of the gear against the action of the spring islimited, and the said gear is made to drive positive with the shaftafter the gear has slipped to compensate for the differences caused bythe elliptical gears. This connection allows ment upon its shaft, tocompensate for the difference in movement of the two shafts when theslip gear is in mesh and particu-' 'larly serves to form a drivingconnection between the upper gear and its shaft when the slip gear iswithdrawn from the lower elliptical gear 37, but still in mesh with theupper gear 32 as shown in Fig. 7 This slip movement of the gear 33 isobtained automatically at a predetermined time through a leverconnection 38 which will later be described.

Upon the inner .end of the shaft 29 is a gear 39 which meshes with agear 40 mount" ed upon the lathe shaft a1 and having a cone clutch facein the one side and a hub upon the other which is journaled in a bearingof the arm and is connected to drive a chuck 42 and hat block 19. Thehand wheel 43 obviously serves to operate the chuck, while the handwheel on the outer end of lathe shaft is to manually hold the shaftwhile the hat block is being attached or removed. I also provide apositive lockfor holding this lathe shaft while the chuck is beingoperated, and it consists in forming a socket fl in the lathe shaft andproviding a spring actuated pin 26 in a bracket secured to the arm. Thispin is normally held out against the action of the spring as shown inFig. 5, by a small crosswise disposed lug 26 secured thereto when seatedon the outer edge of the bracket, but may be shoved into the socket ofthe lathe shaft by the action of the said spring when the pin 26 isgiven a quarter turn to allow its cross lug to drop in the slot 26 inend of bracket. When the clutch, sleeve and lever are in a reverseposition from that shown in Fig. 3, and in engagement with the oppositeclutch member &6 which is driven through a different line ofconnections, the lathe is rotated at a very much higher rate of speed.This rapid drive connection is made from the before mentioned bevel gear12 on the main driving shaft 11 and will be readily understood byreference to Figs. 1, 3 and 8, and includes a small beveled gear 47secured to a short shaft 48 journaled in a bracket 49 secured to theside of the frame. A swivel connection is formed intermediate of thesaid shaft 48 and the lower end of the tubular member 50 of theself-adjusting telescopic shaft. The

7 upper end of the inner member 51 of this telescopic shaft is alsoprovided with a similar swivel joint connection to a shaft 52 mountedina bearing 53 of the before mentioned arm 26. V shaft 52 is connected abeveled gear 54 that meshes with a similar beveled gear of the beforementioned clutch member .46. This line of connections, like thatpreviously described, also forms a continuously operated drive, up toand including the female clutch member 46, but its movement only servesto To the upper end of this drive the lathe when ,the slidable clutchmember 44; is brought into contact therewith, therefore, it willlbeapparent that if -the lathe is to remain idle the lever t5is brought toa vertical or intermediate position thus out of operative engagementwith both of the adjoining clutch members, whereas, if it is to bedriven fast, as: in the final hand smoothing and greasing of a hat body,it is thrown over to engage the members 44 and i6, and again if it is tobe driven slow the lever is shifted to the opposite position as shown inFig. 3, to engage 4a with the clutch face of gear 40. p

In the beginning of an operation the lathe arm 26 ismanuallyswung-around to the position shown in Fig. ,5 the same obviouslyturning on the before mentioned pivotal tube 27 whereupon the pin 55carried by lever 56 drops into engagement with the teeth of the slowmoving ratchet wheel 22. The pin being mounted in the arm and beingcarried thereby obviously serves to form aconnection which tends to feedthe arm around with the movement of the ratchet wheel. This movement inturn swings the rotating hat body around causing the pouncer pad 57 togradually move outward around the corner of the hat body and towardthe,center or tip of the crown. The intermittent movement-of the latheisemployed, during this preliminary movement of the arm, or in otherwords, during the operatlonof the,-

pouncer pad upon the sides and ends of the hat body, but isautomatically thrown outafter the pouncer gets ,over the corner andbegins work upon the top of the hat.

It will be noted that the lower end of the before mentioned lever 38 isprovidedwith aspring 58 that tends to hold its lower-end distendedandits upper end thrown inward which obviously serves to keep the slip gear33 in operative engagement with the elliptical gear 37. The lower andinwardly disposed end of this'lever is provided with a roll 59 whichserves to engage a suitable track 60 as the arm swings around, saidtrack being secured upon a bracket 61 and designedto cause the lower endof the :lever to be drawn in against the action of the spring 58and itsupper end and connected parts forced out.

The outward end of the locking pin 55 is provided with a depending arm62, see Figs. 1. and 2, bearing a'roll 63 that runs idly aroundthecylindrical face 64 of the top of the base 1O untilsuch time as when.the arm nears its final orlongitudinal position shown in Figs. 1, 3 and8 whereupon the said roll 63 rides up the beveled end of the stop 65secured to the peripheral face of the base and the spring actuated pin66 also carried by. said arm 62 drops back of the shoulder 67 of saidstop. This operation in the first instance, causes the withdrawal of thelocking pin 55 from the ratchet wheel 22 to disconnect the arm 26therefrom, and in the second instance, serves to lock the said armagainst any possible reverse movement, until such time as when the saidlocking pin 55 and its pin 66 are again withdrawn from engagement withthe stop 65.

As before stated the machine includes a reciprocating type of pouncerpad desig nated as 57 which is yieldably held against the body of thehat by a suitable spring device that is automatically released when thepouncing operation is completed. It is also provided with a verticalreciprocatory movement imparted thereto through mechanism which willnext be described. The rod 68 to which the pouncer pad is secured, isreciprocatingly mounted in ways of a plate 69 pivotally connected to ayoke 70 that in turn is operatively connected to an arm 71 pivoted to abracket 72, secured to the machine, and whereby the parts are supportedin an upright position, and adapted to be swung to or from the hat blockas occasion requires. The reciprocating rod 68 is pivotally connected toa stud of an eccentric 73 mounted upon a cross shaft 74 journaled insuitable bearings of the base, and driven from the main driving shaftthrough special variable speed connections which I will later refer to.

The pouncing pad 57 is provided with an automatic paper feed whereby thestrip of sand paper or other suitable finishing material, isautomatically fed forward after the completion of each hat so as toprovide a new sanded surface of paper for each additional hat to beoperated upon. This I accomplish by attaching a suitable bracket 68 tothe inner side of the upper end of the reciprocating arm 68, and mountin said bracket a suitable roll upon which is wound a long strip of sandpaper 68 that is threaded through the guides 68 on either end of the padso as to guide the sand paper across the face of the pouncer pad. Asecond bracket 57 is also placed upon the said arm below the said padand is provided with a reel 57 to. which the lower end of the strip ofsand paper is attached. This lower reel is provided with a pawl andratchet 57 that are connected to be operated through the medium of alever 57 when engaged by finger 57 secured to the arm 71. Theconstruction and operation of these parts are such as to insure thereels and paper remain- 'ing in a fixed position and thus traveling withthe rod 68 during the pouncing operation, as represented in Fig. 8, butcauses the pawl lever 57 d to strike the finger 57 when the rod and armare tripped and thrown off, with the completion of a hat as indicated inFig. 1. This engagement of the finger and lever causes the latter tomove the pawl and ratchet wheel forward sufficient to draw the paperdown across the pad, from the upper reel thereby bringing a new papersurface in position to be used. It will thus be seen that the entiresurface of the paper strip can be used with the repeated pouncing operations, whereupon the old roll of paper is removed and a new roll ofpaper supplied to the upper reel and threaded through the guides andconnected to the lower reel for future use.

In order to prevent marking the corners of the hats when travelingthereover, I have provided means for automatically throwing the pouncerpad off of the corners, thus causing it to touch the hat very lightly,or not at all. This means consists in placing a bracket 26* bearing aroll, upon the face of the arm 26, and attaching an adjustable shoe 72to one of the arms 71, in a way to be engaged by the roll of the bracket26 as the arm 26 swings around. This shoe is mounted in a suitable guidesecured to the arm 71 and is made adjustable by a nut 72 whereby theshoe may be engaged sooner or later as the different shaped hats mayrequire.

I have provided means for reciprocating the pouncer faster while workingupon the sides of the hat than while upon the top, in order that thesides of the hat body may be given more work than the top, as requiredto produce a uniformly finished surface. This mechanism will be bestunderstood with reference to Fig. 8 wherein it will be seen that a conepulley 75 is mounted upon the outer end of the before mentioned crossshaft 74 and is connected to be driven from a similar cone 75 mountedupon a short shaft journaled in a bracket 75 secured to the base 10. Asprocket 75 secured to the outer end of the short shaft is connected bya suit-able sprocket chain with a larger sprocket 76 loosely journaledon a slip shaft 77. Upon the outer end of this slip shaft 77 is secureda smaller sprocket 78 having an inner clutch face to mesh with thecorresponding clutch face in the side of the before mentioned sprocket76 whereby the second sprocket may be engaged to drive the pouncer aswill be later described. The small sprocket 78 is also connected by asprocket chain with the first mentioned sprocket 13 upon the maindriving shaft 11 so as to continuously drive said small sprocket 73 andits shaft 77. This obviously imparts movement to the other sprockets 76and 7 5, the shaft 7 4, and pouncer, at such times as desired toreciprocate the pouncer pad.

The particular means for changing the speed of the pouncer pad from fastto slow, as it travels from the side to the top of the crown of the hat,comprises a flexible band 74' that is hung from a loop 743, between thecones 75 and 75 and is adapted to be moved backward and forward betweenthe surface of said cones in a manner to form a driving connectiontherebetween, it being obvious that the speed of the driven cone and thepouncer changes with the change of position of the flexible band. Thesaid loop is hung from a rack 74 that is slidably mounted in guidessecured to the base lO'of the machine. This rack is, connected to bedriven through a train of gears 74 operatively mounted upon studssecured to the base, the uppermost one'of which is in position to beengaged by a rack 7& secured to the face of the arm 26 when the same isswung around to position for beginning an operation, as for instance,that shown in Fig.

5. This form of connection, therefore, will impart a comparatively fastspeed to the eccentric shaft 74 and pouncer pad, with the beginning ofan operation and will cause the said speed to gradually slacken untilthe pad.

finishes on the top of the hat crown. 7

From the foregoing described construction it will be seen that themechanism for changing the speed of the pouncer pad and the means forvarying the-movement of the lathe arm and whereby a greater amount ofwork is done upon the sides of the hat than the top, are connected tothe same gear, and operated simultaneously and from the same rack 7 4 Asthe lathe arm 26 is manually swung around and set in the position shownin Fig. 5 for the beginning of an operation and the pouncer pad isbrought up against the side of the hat body, the spring 79 mounted upona fixed rod 80 carried in the brackets 81, will force the said sleeve 82upon said rod 80 outward, and through the connections of the arm 83 ofsaid sleeve, with the collars 8% upon the slip shaft 77, will draw thesprocket 78 over in engagement with the adjoining sprocket 76, therebyforming a driving connection for the pouncer. To the outer end of thesleeve 82 is pivotally connectedv a rocker arm 85 which in turn is hungupon a stud 86 of the base and has its upper end freely disposed in thepath of movement of a lug 87, see Fig. 5, carried by the pivotal lathearm. When this arm comes around and nears its final swinging movementthe said lug 87 will strike the upper end of the" rocker arm and throwit over to the position shown in Fig. 8, ma way to operate the parts anddisconnect the clutches of the sprockets, to stop the 'pouncingoperation. At practically the same moment the spring 88 containedwithinqthe case 89is also released to allow the said pouncer and itssupporting rod and lever to drop back to their inactive position asshown in Fig. 1.

If for any reason it maybe deemed advisable at any time'to operate themachine with the pouncer pad 57, inactivebut atthe same time pressedagainst the hat body working position, the same can be done bytightening the set screw 7 7 a see Fig. 8, while the shaft .77 is shovedout,'thus securingthe of the sprocket '7 6 and 78 out of engagement, in,a way to prevent-the operation of the larger sprocket 76 and itsconnections for driving the pouncer pad.

' same in said position to hold the clutch faces I Referringparticularly to the means for holding the pouncer pad against the hatbody,

it will beseen that one end of a link. rod 90 is connected to thesupporting arm 71 for the pouncer pad, while the other end is piv otallyconnected to an arm 91 loosely connected to'the upper end'of the shaft92 and. r

to which one end of the before mentioned spring 88 is'connected, theother end being connected to the base of the case. Thus it will be seenthat the tension, or torsional strain of the said spring containedwithin the case, is brought to bear against this shaft. The shaft,however, isoperatively connected to the arm 91 through the medium of aratchet wheel 93-pinned to the shaft 92 and l 93 is also loosely mountedupon .theshaft,

and is operatively connected therewith through themedium of the saidratchet wheel .93 and'aremovable pawl 97 secured 1 to the said arm. Thispawl 97 engages the teeth of the ratchet in a way to rigidly secure thearm and ratchet together, but like the beforementioned connection withshaft, is made removable so as to allow thie said arm to be adjustedwith relation to the ratchet if occasion requires. The outerend of thisarm 96 carries a roll to be engaged by I a block 98 secured to the sideof the lathe arm when the same moves around from the position showninvFig. 5 to its crosswiseor finished position, see Fig. 8. The purposeof this engagement is to turn or rock the shaft against the. tension ofits spring in a way to throw the outer arm 91 and its connections withthe pouncer mechanism, out and away from the hat body.

is rigidly secured to thelathe arm and serves as a means for manuallyswinging the lathe around to the starting position as shownlin v Fig. 5.

WVith this setting of the arm, the rack 74 of thearm is made to engagethe gear 7 a thus setting the driving mechanism,

to operate the pouncer pad at a high rate of 1 speed, and to place thepad in operative po- 1 25 similarly engaged in a way to effect there? asition, and likewise its sprocket clutch is ci ting operation ofthepouncerand whereby thesand paper carried upon the face'of the; pad israpidly rubbed back and forward across theside and tip of the hat I Thehandle 99, shown in Figs. 1, 5 and '6 crown. The driving connections forfeeding the lathe arm around is also automatically set through the chainh by the engagement of this rack and gear, to move the arm at a slow,but increasing speed as the pouncer travels from the side to the top ofthe hat crown.

Since the pouncer pad herein shown is of a particularly novel design,and applicable to other forms of pouncing machines, I have seen fit tofile a separate application therefore, the same being dated March 31,1911, Serial #618,233, and consequently I will not attempt tospecifically describe or claim it in this application.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a horizontallydisposed lathe for rotating a hat body, of a pouncer pad mounted tooperate upon the surface of the crown of a hat when carried on thelathe, sprockets and chain connections for operating said pouncer, aclutch interposed between the sprockets, and means for auto maticallydisengaging the clutch to stop the pouncer pad when the pouncingoperation is finished.

2. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a swingingarm mounted thereon, a lathe carried in the arm, a reciprocating pouncerpad mounted to operate upon the hat when carried upon the lathe,clutched faced wheels for operating the pouncer, connections with saidclutch wheel adapted to be engaged and operated by the swinging arm toautomatically disconnect the clutch wheels to stop the pouncer.

3. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a swingingarm mounted thereon, a lathe carried in the arm, a reciprocating pouncerpad, a clutch face wheel for operating the pad, a co-acting clutch facewheel, a slip shaft upon which the coacting clutch member is mounted, alever disposed to be engaged and operated by the arm and connected toslip the shaft and connect or disconnect the clutch faced wheel for thepurpose of driving or disconnecting the pouncer pad.

4-. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a swingingarm mounted thereon, a lathe carrying a hat block, a driving shaft,means for rotating the lathe including a telescopic shaft foroperatively connecting the driving shaft and movable lathe shaft,apouncer pad for operating upon the hatblock, and sprocket and chainconnections for driving the pouncer pad.

5. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a swingingarm mounted thereon, a main driving shaft, a lathe shaft within the arm,gear connectionsfor operating the lathe shaft at different speeds,

a slip clutch on the lathe shaft for engaging or disengaging either ofthe said speed gears, a telescopic shaft connecting the main shaft withone of the said speed gear connections.

6. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a swingingarm mounted thereon, a horizontal lathe shaft mounted in the arm, a pairof clutch gears loose upon the lathe shaft, an intermediate slidableclutch member splined to said shaft and adapted to be engaged witheither of said clutch gears, elliptical gear connections for operatingone of said clutch gears, and a telescopic shaft for operating thesecond clutch gear connection.

7. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a horizontallydisposed rotary and pivotal lathe carrying a hat block, a changeablespeed mechanism for varying the speed of the lathe, a verticalreciprocating pouncer pad, and means for operating the pouncer upon thesides and tip of a hat crown, but not upon the corners.

8. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a horizontallydisposed lathe carrying a hat block, a changeable speed mechanism fordecreasing the speed of the lathe, a vertical reciprocating pouncer padfor operating upon the hat, and means to automatically decrease thespeed of the pouncer with the decreased speed of the lathe and hatblock.

9. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a swingingarm mounted thereon, a lathe carrying a hat block mounted in the arm, achangeable speed mechanism for operating the lathe shaft at a decreasingrate of speed, of a vertically reciprocating pouncer pad, and means foralso reciprocating the said pad at a decreasing rate of speed to insuremore work being done upon the sides than the tip of a hat.

10. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a swingingarm mounted thereon, a lathe carrying a hat block mounted in the arm, achangeable speed mechanism for operating the lathe shaft, of avertically reciprocating pouncer pad, and means for automaticallyvarying the speed of reciprocations of the pad uponthe hat to produceapproximately uniform results on all portions of the hat.

11. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a swingingarm mounted thereon, a lathe carrying a hat block mounted in the arm, apouncer pad for operating upon the hat block, a spring for holding thepouncer padupon the hat, an adjustable pawl and ratchet connectionbetween the spring and pad, an arm also adjustably connected with theratchet and adapted to be engaged by the swinging arm in a way tocounteract the pressure of the spring and to release the pad from thehat.

12. In a hat pouncing machine, the combi- 1,139,929. I 1 i F i7nation'wit'h a base, a swinging arm mounted end, and means connectedwith the outer ex- "tended end of pinto engage the inclined end of stopand automatically withdraw the pin from the ratchet to stop the movementof" the arm when the same completes its feeding movement.

13. In a hat pouncing machine, the combi-.

nation with a base, a swinging arm mounted thereon, a'horizontallathemounted in the arm, a. feed shaft and ratchet wheel for moving the arm,a pawl for engaging the arm and ratchet wheel, a stop secured to thebase having an inclinedend and a shoulder,

a locking pin designed to drop behind said shoulder in order to locksaid arm agains any possible reverse movement. 14. In a hat pouncingmachine, the combination with a base, a swinging arm mounted thereon, ahorizontal lathe mounted in the swinging arm, a pouncing arm pivoted'tothe base, a pad carried bythe arm, of means attached to the swinging armto shove the pouncing pad off for an interval sufiicient to allow thepouncing pad to round the sharp corner of a hat and do little or no workupon said corner.

15. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a swingingarm mounted thereon, a lathe carrying a hat block mounted in the arm,means for operating the lathe, a driving shaft, connections intermediate'of the driving shaft and arm for swinging said arm upon the base, apouncer pad for operating upon the hat block, and suitable connectionsintermediate of the main driving shaft and pouncer pad for reciprocatingthe latter at different speeds upon different parts of the hat.

16. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a horizontalswinging arm mounted thereon, a lathe mounted in. the swinging arm andcarrylng a chuck, a

ing shaft, connections intermediate the drivmg shaft and arm forswinging the same,

a pouncer pad for operating upon the hat 7 block, and suitableconnections intermediate the main shaft and pouncer pad for operatingthe latter.

17. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination with a base, a horizontalswinging arm mounted thereon, a lathe mounted in the swinging arm andcarrying a hat block,

means for operating the lathe, a driving shaft, connections intermediateof the driving shaft and arm for swinging the same, a pouncer pad foroperating upon the hat block-,means for drivingthe pouncer pad at a highrate of speed while operating'npon] one part of a'hatbodyand'thenautomath cally changing to a difierent speed for oper-''ating upon another portion of the body.'

18. In a hat pouncing machine, the combii nation with a base, a'swingingarm mounted 7 thereon,-a lathecarryinga hat block mount-' ed in theswinging arm,-means' for operatingf the lathe, a drivingshaft,-connections intermediate of the driving shaft and arm forswinging the same, a pouncer pad for oper-r ating upon the hat block,means for first operating the pouncer at ahigh 'rate'of speed whileoperating upon the side-of a hat body and then automatically decreasingthe speed of thepouncer pad for operating;

upon'the top of the hat body.

19. In a hat crown pouncing-machine, the I combination with a pivotallyand rotatably mounted lathe carrying a hat block and means for rotatingthe same, of a pouncer pad adapted to operate thereon, and means forcausing the pouncer to operate faster I I upon the sides than the top tocause more work to be done by the pouncer pad upon the sides of the hatcrown than upon the top.. 20. In a hat crown pouncing machine-,the

combination with a swinging arm, a lathe mounted therein carrying a hatblock, a driving shaft, connections intermediate of the driving shaftand arm for swinging the lathe at a gradually increasing speed, meansfor rotating the lathe, and a pouncer pad for operating upon the hatblock carried by the lathe.

"21. In a hat crown-pouncing machine, the

co'mbinationwith a swinging arm, of a rotary lathemounted therein andcarrying a hat block,- a driving shaft,- a pouncer pad for operatingupon-the sides and crown'of the hat block, connections intermediate thedriving shaft and for moving the arm with relation to the padcomparatively slowly while thepad is operating upon the side of the hatcrown and faster "while operating more work being done by the pad uponthe side of the hat crown than upon the top:w 22. In a hat crownpouncing machine,the 'combinationwith a swinging lathe carrying upon thetop of the crown so as to in'suref] top of the crown, and means forswinging:

the lathe block and its hat slower while operating-upon the sides thanwhen. operating upon the top of the crown. 1

23. In a hat crown pouncing machine, the combination with a lathecarrying a hat block and means for rotating the lathe, of a pouncer padadapted to operate thereon and means for swinging and graduallyincreasing the swinging movement of the lathe and hat block withrelation to the pouncer pad during the pouncing operation, and means fordriving the pouncer pad faster while working upon the sides of the hatcrown than upon the top.

24. In a hat crown pouncing machine, the combination with a swinginglathe carrying a hat block and means for rotating the same, of a pouncerpad for operating upon said hat block, means for gradually decreasingthe speed of the pouncer pad as it travels from the side to the top ofthe hat crown, and means for swinging the lathe faster with thedecreasing movement of the pouncer pad.

25. In a hat crown pouncing machine, the combination with a swinginglathe carrying a hat block and means for rotating the same, of a pouncerpad for operating upon a hat mounted upon said hat block, means fordriving the pouncer pad at a higher rate of speed while operating uponthe sides of the hat crown and gradually decreasing in speed as it movestoward the top of the crown, and means for gradually increasing theswinging movement of the hat block and lathe with relation to thepouncer pad from the beginning of its operation upon the side to thecompletion of the operation at the top.

26. In a hat crown pouncing machine, the combination with a pivotallymounted 'rotary lathe carrying a hat block, and means for rotating thesame, of a reciprocating pouncing pad adapted to operate thereon for thepurpose of smoothing a hat body, a clutch through which the pad isoperated, and means for disengaging the clutch to render the said padinactive.

27. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination of a base, a rotatablehat support mounted thereon, a pouncer pad and arm, means for normallyholding the pouncer pad in engagement with the hat, means intel-posedbetween the base and arm whereby the arm and pad are pressed away fromthe hat at certain points of operation.

28. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination of a base, a swinging armmounted thereon, a rotatable hat support mounted in said arm, a pouncerpad and arm pivoted to the base, means for normally holding the pouncerpad in engagement with a hat body mounted on the support, a fixed meanscarried by the swinging arm of the machine, and a shoe mounted upon thepad arm to engage the said means to shove the pad off free from the hatat certain points of operation.

29. In a hat pouncing machine, the combination of a base, a swinging armmounted thereon, a rotatable hat support mounted in said arm, a pouncerpad and arm, means for normally holding the pouncer pad in engagementwith the hat mounted on the support, an adjustable means interposedbetween the pad-arm and swinging arm whereby the arm and pad are shovedaway from certain portions of the hat more or less according to theamount of said adjustment to lessen the amount of work done upon thehat.

30. A machine of the character described having a rotary hat base, asupport, a working pad and frame therefor, an arm for moving the pad andframe to and from the hat, pawl and ratchet mechanism for feeding astrip of pouncer material, and means for automatically actuating saidpawlvand ratchet by the movement of the arm with relation to a hatmounted upon a shaft.

31. In a machine of the character described, the combination with apivotal and rotatable hat support, a pouncer tool, automatic means forswinging the rotatable hat support upon its pivot to feed the hat bodywith relation to the pad, means for automatically reducing the amountofwork of the tool as it traverses the portions of the hat crown betweenthe side and top.

32. In a machine of the character described, the combination with aswinging arm, a rotatable hat support mounted there on a verticallyreciprocating traversing tool, of means for automatically reducing theamount of work of the tool as it traverses the portions of the hat crownbetween the side and top.

Signed at Danbury in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticutthis 28th day of May A. 1)., 1911.

ARNOLD TURNER.

Witnesses C. M. NEWMAN, N. E. BARNES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

